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Kemp a cautionary figure for Paul Ryan
Once upon a short time ago, there was Jack Kemp. A former professional football star turned politician, Kemp found the peak of his political career playing
By Ali Vitali
Once upon a short time ago, there was Jack Kemp. A former professional football star turned politician, Kemp found the peak of his political career playing number 2 to 1996 Republican nominee, Bob Dole. Dole's choice for vice president fired up the base and gave the Republicans the kind of candidate they could be excited about – a similar train of logic to the Romney campaign right now. But this is where things got sticky.
When the GOP base saw their ticket falling behind Bill Clinton and Al Gore, frustration mounted and the base demanded changes. Sounding familiar? When they saw that Dole wasn't willing to be a mouthpiece for their message and attack Clinton on "character issues," they turned to Kemp to play the part. But in the vice presidential debate against Al Gore, Kemp answered a question about the "personal and ethical differences" between him and Bill Clinton with nuanced and "mature" response, as opposed to picking up his slingshot and starting to shoot mud at his opponents. "Bob Dole and myself do not see Al Gore and Bill Clinton as our enemy," he told the debate moderator. From there, the base abandoned him, and the man who would've been a clear contender for the Republican nomination in 2000 came to rue the day the VP-slot was offered to him in the first place.
Well, everything old is new again and speculation has started as to whether or not Kemp's destiny will now become Ryan's. Steve Kornacki seems to think so, saying: "I can see a similar moment on the horizon for Ryan." In the days following Romney's remarks about the 47 percent, there has been some very public frustration from conservatives who are wondering aloud: what can be done to put this campaign back on track? Some are saying unleash Ryan. He was put on the ticket to generate excitement and rally the base – let him! But as Steve points out, what excites the base does not always make for a good national platform.
In the wake of defeat come November, will Paul Ryan have a silver lining and a direct line to the head of the party four years from now? Or will the "stench" of Romney reverse his political trajectory and make the goal of attaining the White House some kind of far-off fairy tale?
Time will tell. But Ryan should let his former mentor be a lesson to him – because history does have the tendency to repeat itself.


The next contender in the women's bantamweight division may be decided on Jan. 28.
Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko will fight in the main event of the UFC Fight Night event at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. FOXSports.com first reported the news.
Shevchenko (15-2) last fought in July, when she upset former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in a five-round main event in Chicago. That brought her overall UFC record to 2-1, with her only loss coming to current champion Amanda Nunes. Shevchenko lost to Nunes at UFC 196 in March, but battled back late in the fight to put Nunes in trouble in the final round.
Pena (8-2) won The Ultimate Fighter 18, becoming the first woman to win the long-running tournament. She has been undefeated in the UFC since then, winning all four of her UFC bouts including a UFC 200 victory over Cat Zingano.
After her UFC 200 victory, Pena called for the next title shot at new champion Amanda Nunes. She had been reportedly offered a fight with Shevchenko at UFC 205 in November, but chose rather to continue lobbying for a shot at the championship. To Pena's frustration, former champion Ronda Rousey was given the next title shot.
If Pena can get past Shevchenko, she will cement her status as the most worthy challenger to whoever emerges victorious from UFC 207's main event between Nunes and Rousey.


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Bookworm: 'How to Sell a Haunted House'
Author Grady Hendrix absolutely knows how to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck
Terri Schlichenmeyer
By Grady Hendrix
c. 2023, Barkley
$28, 432 pages
You forgot that there were strings. You forgot who was doing the talking, too. No, your eyes were stuck on the puppet with a funny voice that made you forget that this was a show, that a bit of cloth and a wooden face were only objects of theater. Didn't you see the puppeteer's lips move? As in the new book "How to Sell a Haunted House" by Grady Hendrix, wasn't there a human holding the strings?
Driving by it, her parents' house looked smaller than she remembered.
Then again, it had been some time since Louise Joyner had been home. Years ago, she'd escaped the place and never looked back, returning only when necessary – like now, when she and her brother, Mark, had a double-funeral to plan and that shabby old house to clear out.
She couldn't say she had a bad childhood, but it wasn't normal, either. Nancy Joyner had been a good mother, but her focus was more on doll collecting, puppet-making, and puppet-ministry for the church. Sometimes, it felt as if Louise and Mark were raised with a third sibling, a ratty old puppet named Pupkin that their mother'd had since she was a child.
That was embarrassing and somewhat traumatic, which is why Louise moved to California long ago, as far from Charleston as she could get. But then her parents were killed in an accident, she had to hurry home, and if that wasn't enough heartbreak, she learned that they'd left everything to Mark, except their mother's artwork.
It didn't help that Mark was being a jerk.
He wanted the house cleaned out immediately, even before the funeral. He tried to bar Louise from getting their mother's crafts and dolls, that awful taxidermed squirrel Nativity, all the marionettes and puppets and Pupkin, but Louise was adamant.
She wanted that awful inheritance.
Truthfully, though, she'd probably just throw it all away later. True Fact Number Two: they were creepy things, and the worst of her childhood.
She'd go home and forget it all happened.
But she wouldn't go alone ...
If there was a dial on the outside of "How to Sell a Haunted House," you wouldn't be surprised to see it turned up high. The story inside this book offers maximum creepiness, freaky googly-eyes, and dolls that move. The only thing better would be a ghost.
Oh, wait. There's a ghost in here, too.
And nightmares, and animals with tiny teeth, and electric tools that behave on their own, an attic, beloved stuffed toys with the capability for disappointment, and a thick thread of dark humor trailing lazily throughout this story. Author Grady Hendrix absolutely knows how to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, but he also knows how to wink at readers who are ready to get a joke.
Why, oh why does it always have to be dolls and puppets? Because it does, of course. And for that, you're going to love "How to Sell a Haunted House," no strings attached.
MOREBookworm: 'Deadly Hearts' a history adventure for the young reader
ANDBookworm: New you for the new year? These books can help
ALSOBookworm: You might struggle with 'Awe,' you'll love in the end
The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. She has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. Terri lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 11,000 books. Read past columns at marconews.com.

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It has come to our attention at GCAC, through one of our followers, that our most recent action: Ask Why Gender Critical, Left-Leaning Women Can Only Get A Voice in Conservative Media, while addressing the left-leaning media who will not publish gender critical voices, could have been construed as being unappreciative of the conservative media who have published the voices of gender-critical women on the left. This was not our intention and we would like to make that clear. We appreciate The Federalist, The American Conservative and The Public Discourse for their willingness to publish the voices of women on the left. Their publications should be given credit for their non-partisan reportage of issues pertaining to gender identity politics.
GCAC generally calls for an action, and we will post a new action on Sunday. For now, we want to extend our sincerest apologies to our followers and to the conservative media giving a platform to women on the left. There is no action required, but please consider supporting these valuable media outlets for their worthy reportage.


Use case is very simple - Go handles IO/DB/computation/various and communicate with HTML5/JS served by LiteSpeed.
I would guess one should set this up via External App in LiteSpeed administration, but is there anything else that needs to be done? Is there any way CPanel could monitor such application and make sure it (re)starts in case of failure or such? Or that could be handled with LiteSpeed as well?
I'd definitely say you'd want it setup so Litespeed essentially acts as a reverse proxy to it similar to how PHP-FPM works for example. An external app would indeed be one of the easier ways to accomplish that.
I'm pretty sure you could still use Apache includes via WHM if you'd rather do it that way and Litespeed should pick them up just as Apache would.
What would be the template to enable such workflow? I started application with nohup and that seems to be OK; does setting it up in LiteSpeed requires starting at all? Since procedure is very simple - application starts and hooks its embedded web server to <port>, so basically I would require LiteSpeed to handle application in sense of start/restart/shutdown (?) and using it as reverse proxy (accessing /path/ to get to myapp ort/path actually).


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Slithering for its existence – The Indian smooth snake
by Bhautik Dudhatra
Endemic to the dry and arid plains of central-western India, the Indian Smooth Snake makes a rare photo appearance in our pages.
On the evening of February 12, 2014, I got a rescue call for a snake. I am the member of a Nature Club in Surat and have been actively participating in rescuing wildlife from in and around the city, for some time now. It was late in the evening when I reached the place, expecting to find a common species. But I was pleasantly surprised to find something I had never seen before. Since it was dark and this was most probably a new snake for me, I took it along with me, so that I could confirm its identity. My guess proved to be correct later on as the snake turned out to be an Indian Smooth Snake!
The Indian Smooth Snake (Coronella Brachyura) is a rare species endemic to western-central India. As the name suggests, the snake's body is smooth and shiny, and usually greyish to brown in colour. At first glance, the snake looks very similar to the juvenile of an Indian Rat Snake or the Checkered Keelback, but on closer observance, whitish edges to the scales on the anterior part of the body and a reddish tongue can be seen. The pupils are round like most other diurnal Colubrid snakes. Still, the snake has been known to be more active during the evening period. Although not much is known about the snake's ecology, it has generally been found in rocky plains and scrubs forest, often under stone piles. The snake is calm and rarely bites, but constricts into a spring on provocation and will strike anxiously towards an attacker if not left alone.
Two days later, a couple of my colleagues from the Nature Club Surat found another Indian Smooth Snake from the very same location. This snake is not very well documented and is easily confused with several common species. Hence, it may not be as rare as it is believed to be.
Read also: Revisiting the moments in the wild
Coronella Brachyura, india, Indian Smooth Snake, Rare, Snake
About the Author / Bhautik Dudhatra
A civil engineer by profession, Bhautik has an avid interest in nature and wildlife, especially reptiles. He has been involved with the rescue and release of reptiles for many years and is also a passionate wildlife photographer.
The Animal Kingdom, Travel, Uncategorized
Snippets from the wild
Travelling to the wildlands of Indian wilderness is a moving experience especially if you get to capture
Conservation, The Animal Kingdom, Travel
A chance encounter with the matriarch striped feline and her cubs forms a great tale to tell,
News on the Hubballi Ankola Railway Line Project (HARP)
Conservation India pleas for all to reject the Hubballi Ankola Railway Line Project (HARP) in Uttara Kannada


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'''Neptune ''' is an fictional town in [[wikipedia:southern California|southern California]] that is host to numerous prestigious families and corporations featured in Veronica Mars. It comprises a small coastal community within '''Balboa County''' (also fictional), north of [[wikipedia:San Diego|San Diego]]. The rich live in the 90909 zip code ([[09er]]s), while the majority of the remaining citizens are quite poor by comparison. The income disparity is responsible for a high degree of class resentment within the community, as well as the majority of conflicts that occur at [[Neptune High]]. For such a small town, a lot of high-profile murders seem to happen in Neptune. Throughout the run of the show, the town is constantly gripped by scandal, as the community gradually learns more and more about the murders of [[Lilly Kane]], [[Felix Toombs]], [[Aaron Echolls]], [[Cyrus O'Dell]] and his wife [[Mindy O'Dell|Mindy]], and eight students who die in a tragic bus crash along with their driver. [[Veronica Mars|Veronica]] and her dad [[Keith Mars|Keith]] live in Neptune, and as private detectives play a large role in solving these cases. They both take on their share of minor cases from Neptune citizens on the side. As an unincorporated community, Neptune fell under the jurisdiction of the sheriff of Balboa County ([[Don Lamb]] for most of the series). Keith was once sheriff, but was hounded out of office for blaming [[Jake Kane]] for Lilly's murder, deeming Keith a pariah within the community and Veronica an outcast at school. Sometime between the events of "[[Mr. Kiss and Tell]]" and [[Season 4]], Neptune becomes and incorporated town and has its own police department, with [[Marcia Langdon]] as chief of police. This is shown in episode one of season 4 "[[Spring Break Forever]]." Neptune is informally governed by a "mayor" (an honorary title traditionally reserved for the holder of the local seat on the county Board of Supervisors). In the second season, baseball team owner [[Woody Goodman]] is elected to the post and embarks on a doomed campaign to incorporate the more affluent neighborhoods of Neptune into a separate city. Estimates of the town's population are not high; even so, Neptune still manages to have its own baseball team and stadium, prestigious colleges such as [[Hearst College|Hearst]], major corporations such as [[Kane Software]] and [[Richard Casablancas|Casablancas Enterprises]], and five-star hotels like the [[Neptune Grand Hotel|Neptune Grand]]. == Geography == Neptune is a coastal community located between San Diego and Los Angeles on the route of California's Pacific Coast Highway. Many locations in California are named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, including the Balboa Peninsula section of Newport Beach in Orange County and San Diego's Balboa Park. In reality, State Route 1 does not run south of Orange County. In season 1, it is implied that Neptune is about 85 miles (or a 90-minute drive) from San Diego. Series creator Rob Thomas stated in an interview that Neptune is located near San Juan Capistrano in Orange County. Neptune scenes are generally filmed in San Diego County, and exteriors of all of the show's most notable locations are found there. For example, exteriors of the Mars residence are filmed in Point Loma, and exteriors of Mars Investigations are filmed on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights. Oceanside High School in Oceanside, California, doubles as the fictional Neptune High, and San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego and University of San Diego are portrayed as the fictional Hearst College. Qualcomm Stadium represents Shark Field, a fictitious stadium in Balboa County that is demolished in the second season. The (numerically) closest real zip codes to 90909 are 90899, which belongs to Long Beach, California, 91001 which belongs to Altadena, California, and 92009 which belongs to Carlsbad, California. 909xx series zip codes are an unassigned series in the greater Los Angeles zipspace. == Politics == All aspects of Neptune, including its politics, are controlled by the "09ers". Neptune is the county seat of Balboa, containing the county's main Sheriff's Office (the only one seen) and the County Supervisor's Office. When the series begins, the sheriff is [[Don Lamb]]. Lamb is more concerned with the bureaucratic side of his job rather than proper and thorough police work. He gained his office in an emergency recall election, after the ousting of his former boss [[Keith Mars]]. Lamb has consistently displayed significant favoritism toward 09'ers, such as allowing [[Jake Kane]] to avoid having his daughter [[Lilly]]'s car impounded for unpaid parking tickets. A County Supervisor, informally referred to as the "Mayor" of Neptune, was seen during the season one episode "[[Silence of the Lamb]]," but his name was not given. At the start of season two, baseball team owner [[Woody Goodman]] ran for and won the position of County Supervisor, holding the position until fleeing Neptune after being accused of blowing up the school bus at the start of the season. Besides being eventually exposed as a pedophile child molester, Goodman was murdered by [[Cassidy Casablancas|Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas]], the son of a wealthy "09er" family who had been sexually abused by Goodman when he was younger. As of the third season, no word has been given as to how Goodman's death would be handled in terms of naming a successor to the position of "County Supervisor". The second season explored these political elements with plotlines involving an election for the offices of Sheriff and County Supervisor, with Keith Mars (supported by Goodman) trying to get his old job as sheriff back by running against Don Lamb. While Keith lost his bid to reclaim his old job, Goodman won his election. Afterwards, he showed his ambitious side by launching a campaign to incorporate Neptune, which would lead to the town having an official mayor and its own police department, with the municipal boundaries only including the "09er" sections of town. Those outside this incorporation area came under risk of lower property values and even further reduction in government response and effectiveness. The incorporation would also have gutted the powerbase of Sheriff Lamb, as the local Sheriff's office is located outside the "09er" section of the town, effectively leaving Lamb on the outside looking in. This led to much speculation as to why Goodman aligned himself politically with Keith Mars, a plot point that was not explored during the season. In the end, Goodman's incorporation scheme failed due to a blackmail scheme orchestrated by his former child molestation victim Cassidy Casablancas. With help from his stepmother [[Kendall Casablancas]], Cassidy had purchased a great deal of property outside the incorporation zone at bargain-basement prices (due to the depressed property values brought about due to incorporation talks) and sought to make a profit on them by killing incorporation, driving their prices back up to their original values. Threatening to go public regarding the child molestation charges, Cassidy forced Goodman to manufacture a sex scandal which implicated Keith Mars. Cassidy knew that Keith would fight Goodman to clear his name, and would ensure as a result that the public would think of Goodman as an adulterous politician. This 'backfiring' scandal would then cause Neptune residents to vote against Goodman and incorporation. Following the plan, incorporation lost at the ballot box—though Cassidy would not live to reap the rewards of his scheme for himself, as he committed suicide after Veronica revealed that Cassidy had murdered several of his classmates (along with several innocent bystanders) in order to keep said classmates from exposing Goodman as a pedophile child molester before Cassidy's blackmail/real estate scheme could be carried out. == Economy == Neptune has a huge gap between the rich "09ers" and those who work for them either directly or through service industry businesses. In [[Veronica]]'s words, if you are young and live in Neptune, "either your parents are millionaires, or your parents work for millionaires". In the pilot episode and other season one episodes, it was implied that the Mars family existed on the fringes of the "09er" society and that most of their social standing came from Keith Mars's job as sheriff and Veronica's friendship with the children of software mogul Jake Kane The largest and most successful business in the community, [[Kane Software]] is run and operated by Jake Kane, father of [[Duncan Kane]] and Lilly Kane. The company holds the patent on streaming video over the Internet, and according to Veronica is responsible for the huge boom in the local economy. When the patent was approved, many people in the community became rich overnight. Other "09ers" (such as movie star [[Aaron Echolls]] and his family) choose to live in Neptune due to its warm climate and its beaches, thus contributing even more to its economy. A few residents have become rich through service businesses (such as the Casablancas family, through real estate) in the boom created by the other "09ers". ==Known Residents in Neptune== *[[Veronica Mars]] *[[Keith Mars]] *[[Wallace Fennel]] *[[Alicia Fennel]] *[[Eli Navarro]] *[[Logan Echolls]] *[[Aaron Echolls]] *[[Duncan Kane]] *[[Lilly Kane]] *[[Jake Kane]] *[[Celeste Kane]] *[[Richard Casablancas]] *[[Cassidy Casablancas]] *[[Dick Casablancas]] *[[Kendall Casablancas]] *[[Parker Lee]] *[[Felix Toombs]] *[[Don Lamb]] *[[Gia Goodman]] *[[Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie|Cindy Mackenzie]] [[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Season 1 Locations]] [[Category:Season 2 Locations]] [[Category:Season 3 Locations]] [[Category:Book Locations]]
Return to Neptune.
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Old & New Sand. 3-year-old Ben Lloyd plays in the newly installed sand last night in TOT LOT 116 in Riverside Park. The normal beige sand can be seen side-by-side with the new Ivory colored sand on the floor in the foreground. The new sand is mostly calcium and calcite. Sand has migrated to numerous areas of the playground causing an addional safety hazard. (Photos: Geoffrey croft/NYC Park Advocates) Click on images to enlarge.
The Parks Department has apparently come up with a brand new way for children to get injured when they allowed rocky, gravel-like sand to be to installed in sandboxes in eight playgrounds on the Upper West Side.
The sight of park workers wearing protective masks removing newly installed sand from sandboxes hardly instills public confidence.
Last night the Parks Department began removing the dangerous sand after a 1-year-old child was hurt after falling face first into the abrasive material at the tot lot in Riverside Park at W. 105th Street and Riverside Drive.
The boy suffered abrasions to his face according to his mother.
The abrasive "sand" was installed five days earlier on May 6th as part of a Riverside Park Conservancy event. The Parks Department is now forced to remove the sand from eight locations.
The dangerous sand was removed last night from TOT LOT 110 Ten, near W. 110th Street and Riverside Drive.
The issue came to light after an Upper West Side parent posted a message on social media warning the public to be careful this week, along with a photo of her injured child.
"The tot lot on rivierside were supposed to be refilled with new sand this past weekend and instead the parks department ordered the wrong sand, " Danielle Alden posted on an Upper West Side mom facebook page.
She wrote that the sand currently in the sandboxes, "contains bits of gravel and ground up rocks.
The pic below is my poor kids face after falling on some of the sand. He had bits of rock and sand stuck on this face! I'm fuming," she writes.
Danielle Alden posted a photo of her injured child on an Upper West Side mom facebook page after he fell face first into the sand.
"Geez Louise NYC post a damn sign!"
She advises the public to avoid the sandboxes until the sand is replaced by the Parks Department.
Alex Lloyd, a geologist who teaches at Columbia University, examines the newly installed coarse sand. "This is not what I would be buying for my house, if I had a house."
The new sand also leaves a chalky residue on users.
Last night three-year-old Ben Lloyd was dutifully playing in the sandbox at TOT LOT 116 at 116th Street with the new sand.
"It's definitely strange," said Ben's mother Eileen.
"It's just so coarse. It seems like a weird choice for a sandbox especially for younger children."
Her husband, Alex Lloyd is a geologist who teaches at Columbia University. He offered an examination and assessment of the material.
"The difference between our two types of sand here - our newer sand is very coarse, I would say very juvenile if I had to use a geology word which means young and kind of sharp and angular, its not well rounded its almost like they crushed it for the purpose of making sand instead of collecting a nice natural sand which is what you standardly see in playgrounds," Mr. Lloyd explained.
He said the new sand is, "mostly calcium and calcite," adding, "I wouldn't want to take my shoes off, its really sharp," he said.
"I wouldn't be surprised if its cheaper."
His wife said she has lodged several complaints regarding the missing slides in the playground which have not been replaced.
The playground is also in dire need of regular sweeping as the sand has migrated to numerous areas of the playground causing an addtional safety hazard.
Another parent called the new sand "uncomfortable" after sitting on the edge of the wall while watching her child play in sand box.
The sand has not only migrated out of the sandboxes but also outside of the play areas creating a long dangerous trail along the sidewalk. Presumably the Parks Department will clean up this additional safety hazard.
Not SandSational. Fresh sand means another thing for park users in Riverside Park. Volunteers installed the sand on May 6th - five days ago - in an event sponsored by the Riverside Park Conservancy and the Parks Department.
A Mess. New sand has spilled out along the park sidewalk for blocks creating a safety hazard for all park goers.


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The Best Things to do in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Our 2 Day Tour Itinerary with Deshghuri Tours
By Kach Umandap - Howe December 20th, 2019 Posted in Asia Travel Blog, Destination, Travel Blog, Travel Guides One Comment
Home » Travel Blog » The Best Things to do in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Our 2 Day Tour Itinerary with Deshghuri Tours
Bangladesh is one of the wettest and therefore greenest cities in the south Asia region and that extends to the capital city, where the best things to do in Dhaka are all around you! Despite being incredibly built up and heavily populated, the river is central to daily life here and plays a key role in every element of existence.
A vibrant and eclectic city, you will still find ancient tradition thriving alongside modern industry and technology. Be prepared to adapt to a new way of life during your time in Dhaka, where everything seems to happen at breakneck speed, yet nothing happens very quickly at all! People in Dhaka are extremely warm, welcoming and humble although many are very shy when it comes to speaking English, despite being able to speak it quite well.
Here are ten of the best things to do in Dhaka, Bangladesh!
1. Ride in a rickshaw
2. Visit historic mosques
3. Explore an Armenian Church
4. Visit the Pink Palace
5. Ride in a Traditional Paddle Boat
6. Wear a traditional "Lunghi"
7. Visit Historic Sonargaon
8. Stroll through Panam City
9. Take a Boat Trip on the River Meghna
10. Go See the Taj Mahal…kind of!
Our 2 Day Tour Itinerary (4 Days / 3 nights in Dhaka)
These pedal-powered people movers snake their way through the narrow inner streets of Dhaka all day and night. In some places, they are the only effective mode of transport to pierce through the gridlocked traffic, whilst also being an exhilarating experience for newcomers to this hectic city.
Bangladesh is a majority Muslim country, so there are many beautiful mosques, both historic and modern. One of these is the tiny Goaldi Mosque located in the historic capital city of Sonargaon.
There was a strong Armenian and Orthodox Christian presence in Bangladesh for centuries and you can still visit the Armenian Church in Dhaka, including many graves dating back hundreds of years.
Ahsan Manzil is known as the "Pink Palace" due to the color of the building material. It was the home of the Nawab of Dhaka from 1872 and now it is a beautiful museum that you can explore.
This will be the highlight of your Bangladesh adventures, as you navigate the river in a hand-paddled wooden boat, surrounded by boat traffic of all kinds!
Not only can it be extremely hot in Dhaka, but it is also necessary for men to cover their legs entirely to enter the mosques. A traditional "lunghi" is the perfect solution, covering the legs while providing welcome ventilation down below!
Before the founding of the capital city of Dhaka, Sonargaon was the principal seat of power for the country. Nowadays it is a quiet escape from the busy city with historic reminders of its prominent past.
Like a Bangladeshi ghost town, this single street of wealthy colonial homes has long been abandoned by Indian Hindu landowners.
Not just another boat trip, this time ride on the vast River Meghna by motorized boat surrounded by vegetation and fields on both sides. If you're lucky your guide will find some interesting stops where you could see local activities like brick production, or sand dredging!
This mini-Taj is a big attraction for locals who come visit picnic in the gardens, enjoy the fresh air, or even for weddings and family events!
Now that you know a bit more about what to see and do in Dhaka, Bangladesh, here's a closer look at our own 2 days Dhaka tour with Deshghuri tour company!
We stayed in Dhaka for 4 days but spent the 2 days exploring on our own and the other 2 days of full day tours.
Day One in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shabbir from Deshghuri picked us up with a car and driver from the hotel at around 9 am and wasted no time in diving headlong into the frenzy that is Dhaka City!
We got out of the car at the entrance to a small side street, only big enough for pedestrians, rickshaws, and tug-tuks. We walked for a while, dodging puddles, steps and the constant weaving traffic.
It was quickly clear that being in one of those vehicles was going to be a lot easier and faster than walking! Shabbir flagged down a rickshaw which was peddled by strong, wiry Bangladeshi man. 3 of us managed to climb on, which seems quite normal here. The driver pulled us through the narrow streets, skilfully avoiding obstacles and potholes.
There are literally thousands of rickshaws carrying people all over the city, almost all of the pedal-powered. We have no doubt whatsoever that these guys are some of the hardest working people in the city. Part of us felt guilty for even being on the rickshaw, but then this is his business, just like thousands of others.
The ride itself was a lot of fun, as being up higher allowed us to see everything going on all around us, like moving spectators!
Throughout the day we visited so many places that we never would have seen on our own, like a beautiful mosaic-tiled mosque, an Armenian church, the Pink Palace, Lalbug Fort, Dhaka University, Dhakeswari Temple, Sadarghat (the river), Banga Bazaar, New Market and loads more in between!
One of the biggest highlights was riding on a traditional paddle boat across the river and back, crossing the heavy boat traffic. To us, it felt like we might hit another boat and capsize, but to our boatman and guide, it was just another day on the river!
We even managed to go shopping for branded clothes like Zara and Mango and all of a sudden a tiny man appeared and started calling me in Tagalog! Apparently lots of Filipino flight crew come here to buy clothes, so the local guys in the stores have learned to speak Tagalog. I was able to get some amazing deals and haggling with them was loads of fun as well!
Of course, I can't forget Jonathan wearing a traditional Bangladeshi "lunghi" ( a sarong-like piece of clothing for men) to enter the mosque, then liking it so much he kept it on for most of the day!
Day Two in Dhaka, Bangladesh
On the second day of our 2-day tour in Bangladesh, we left the hotel early to get out of the city and see the countryside.
It took a while to get out of the city with the morning traffic but after about an hour or so we arrived at Sonargaon, the historic capital of Bangladesh before the development of Dhaka city. We stopped first at the small Goaldi Mosque, more than 500 years old and built using small red bricks. It's an amazingly well-preserved building.
Our next stop was the Sonargaon Museum of Folk Art and Crafts which was formerly the Shadar Bari, a palace of a wealthy Hindu landowner before they fled during the separation. All the old parts of daily life from that time are on display and it's really interesting to see how people lived including the clothes and jewelry they wore.
After that, we saw the old Panam City, a single street of wealthy colonial-era homes, also leftover from the wealthy landowners who fled to India. After that, the local farmers who they had oppressed for so long took them over and destroyed many of them. Most of them are in ruins although the government is starting to restore several of the buildings.
Once again, the biggest highlight of our day was a boat trip on the river! This time it was the River Meghna and the boat had an engine. The river was much wider here and surrounded by fields instead of buildings. We traveled about 20 minutes to an open-air brick factory on the shoreline.
As we approached we saw a line of workers carrying piles of bricks on their heads across a flexing plank onto another boat. I still can't risk slipping off something with my ankle, so Jonathan went ashore to meet the workers, see how they make the bricks by hand and have some tea with them. It still amazes us how hard people work here to make a living and how we often take for granted the life that we have. Having said that, every person there had the biggest smile on their faces and asked to have their picture taken doing their work!
From here we took the boat back to shore and went to a local roadside restaurant for some local Bangladeshi lunch. It was a very filling selection of simple curries and rice, but really tasty and just the right amount of spicy!
Our last stop before driving home was a quirky scaled-down replica of the Taj Mahal, which has become a tourist attraction for locals and even a popular wedding venue. It was a perfect example of 'if you build it they will come!'
The long drive back to the hotel through rush hour traffic was more like a chance to relax, if not for the driver!
We had an amazing time with our guide Shabbir and we experienced so much more of Bangladesh in two days than we could have seen in a week on our own. There's still so much more to this incredible country to see, so we'll have to come back again!
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Stefan's Visit to DragonCon 98
I went to my first STARTREK convention in 1982(?) at the Penta Hotel in New York City. It was disappointing because the actors didn't really understand why they were there, only a few dealers had anything to sell, and the trip to NYC just wasn't fun. Oh how times have changed. DragonCon 98 was the exact opposite. DragonCon 98 was Awesome! Of course it was unorganized, expensive, and sometimes frustrating, but I had a great time. Let me tell you all about it. (scroll down to skip to the pictures)
Thursday Sept 3, 1998
My initial interest was to see Jody Lynn Nye. She co-authored several books with my favorite author, Anne McCaffrey, and I really wanted to meet her and get an autograph. So after work I raced down I-75 to get there in time for her signing. Traffic was against me, ticketing was a pain, and the convention schedule - well it was awful. It took me forever to find the "Autograph Area." BUT when I did, I discovered her sitting all alone. What a joy it was to speak with her. She's a very lovely person and also very personable.
As we were talking "some guy" came bouncing through the curtain behind her, obviously lost, and bumps into her chair.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"An autograph signing," she replied.
"Who's signing?"
"I am."
"I'm Jody Nye."
"Oh" And walks off.
I couldn't believe how rude he was. But Jody just smiled and continued our talk. In my opinion, that's class.
I looked around and wound up at the "Pern Family Feud Game." Jody Lynn Nye and her husband Bill Fawcett moderated a trivia type game about Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. It was a lot of fun. I learned what Ms. McCaffrey's three favorite gifts from the USA are. Can you name them? Hint: A food and two candies.
Random Booth Pictures
Above are two pictures of Deborah Abbot. In the first she is XENA, and in the second she is plugging her "Code: Tango" comic. I know she was suppose to be friendly to everyone, but she was so delighful - - She made me feel special while posing for a picture. That was really nice.
Friday Sept 4, 1998
After dinner, I took the MARTA down to the convention to see Anthony Daniels, of Star Wars/C-3PO fame, moderate an awesome DAWN look-a-like contest. You know, the comic book heroine from Sirius. His impromptu humor was amazing. Since he's British, his use of Lewinsky jokes and Clinton innuendo was especially funny. I was my usual loud and obnoxious self, but someone else in the audience named Kevin was even louder and became the butt of most of his jokes. But it was actually another lucky audience member who was invited on to the stage and spanked with a riding crop - English style.
Finally, about an hour later, they finished all the pre-show preparation. I guess they didn't expect the contestants to bring props, music, and prepared sketches. Let me say that I think the contestants were ALL incredible. I really admired the bravery of some of the women. It took a lot of courage to get up, in front of that wild audience, semi-nude. It couldn't have been much fun standing in high heels or a tight costume for hours either. It took real courage - or maybe they were just exhibitionists *wink*
The DAWN Look-A-Like Contest
Follow this link to the DAWN Gallery.
The contest ran extremely long. I made it through the award ceremony, but unfortunately I couldn't stick around. I had to catch the last (1am) train. I had really wanted to see the Changelings. I was told later that they didn't go on until 4 am. I'm sure only the die-hard Goth fans could hold out that late. Luckily their CDs were available later.
Saturday Sept 5, 1998
Got some cool autographs, some free stuff, and spent way too much money.
I started off the day with a quick stop in the PERN room for a discussion about Dragon/Rider mating matters. They really worked themselves into a frenzy. Although I've read all the books, that part of it never really captured my interest.
The PERN director, Anna Smith tried really hard to come up with interesting activities. But it seemed like, throughout the convention, a small group of friends was doing it all and us "Regular" fans didn't feel like we were welcomed in. I don't know what an On-Line Weyr is and I'm not sure I should have to, to attend a discussion group on Anne McCaffrey books. They really made me feel like an "Outsider." Just my opinion.
Then off to the American Red Cross blood drive. Got my second free T-shirt this year. Not too bad an experience. Although James, who took my blood, was either overworked, tired, or just plain unfriendly.
Then I wandered around the dealer room, where I spent ALL my money and picked up too much stuff.
Got a free book from Del Ray Books called "World War: In the Balance" by Harry Turtledove. An alternate WWII timeline story.
I stopped at the Highlander trivia contest, only to discover it had been pre-empted by home-made "slash" music videos. I was a little out-of-place since I was the only male in the room and didn't know what slash was. They were gracious enough to explain it to me. I left after two videos. I wasn't really offended - just bored. I do have a question though, Why?
Next came the Atlanta Radio Theater Presents Robert Heinlein's "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants", which was very well done. The voicework was a pleasure. Of course my favorite was the dog,
Then Rory Rammer:Space Marshal. Jonathon Harris (Lost In Space's Mr. Smith) was hilarious. I got his autograph later.
Masquerade Costume Contest - The dozen or so Star Wars actors escorting Anthony Daniels in was really cool. The judges, including Robin Curtis, Peter Jurasik, and Jonathon Harris had a really difficult job. Several people had spent a serious amount of time on their costumes. Their skits were pretty incredible too.
While the judges were out making their decision and writing up the awards, Anthony Daniels left the stage to "work the room" and see other costumes. As he walked around, he continually made jokes about how scary it was to be so far from the stage and amongst such a wild crowd. The lighting got darker the further into the room he got too. Toward the back of the room only his gold jacket glowing in the spotlight could be seen. He was astonished by the variety of costumes in the audience and asked several people to stand on their chairs so everyone could see them and be recorded on the videotape. There were two really hilarious moments.
The first was when he made a leopard girl stand up. She was wearing a beautiful leopard suit, terrific facial make-up, a collar, and a leash. As she was standing on the chair, another woman, in a black leather corset, screamed "Oh! You Found My Kitty!" - ran up, grabbed the leash, and dragged her off into the darkness. Anthony Daniels was speechless. After a few moments he regained his composure and remarked, "I'm glad she said 'kitty', and not......." The crowd went wild. [Special thanks to Linda freeman for the picture] also [the woman was Cindee who was, the night before in the Dawn contest and destined to win the Dawn contest one year later!]
Later he returned to the stage and retrieved a beer he had left on the lectern. He made some remark about how he was surprised no one in the room had thought to steal his drink. Sure enough, a few moments later it disappeared. As he looked around in amazement, the 4 year old girl costume winner returned it to him. He was completely flabbergasted and could only look around silently with his mouth wide open. It was awesome.
Sunday Sept 6, 1998
Shopping and picture taking was the order of the day.
Got Joseph Michael Linsner's autograph on my Dawn stuff.
He's a pretty good chap.
Hey Joe! Thanks for creating Dawn
Got a free deck of Babylon 5 playing cards from Precedence. Since I don't play I'll pass them on to a friend.
Went to the Dark Side of the Net panel discussion. I'm not sure they knew what they wanted to discuss since the two main speakers couldn't show. Three other people sort of talked about living/working a Gothic lifestyle, the difficulties of maintaining their web site, that Phoenix and New Orleans aren't really very "Goth Friendly" cities since people tend to stare and seat Goths in the back of the restaurant, and mostly just plugged their web site - www.Gothic.Net There were only two other Goths in the audience for them to reflect with so it wasn't really interesting or informative. Too bad, it had potential.
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DragonCon 99 will be held July 1-4, 1999. I already have my reservations, I'll see you there!
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Corpus Luteum - Anatomy & Physiology
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()Map REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Map) FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT THE OVARY
1 The Corpus Luteum
2 Control of Progesterone Biosynthesis in the Corpus Luteum
3.1 Corpus Luteum Formation
3.2 Corpus Luteum Regression
The Corpus Luteum
When the dominant antral follicle ovulates, slight localised haemorrhage occurs at the site of ovulation and fills the former cavity.
The small amount of bloody tissue can be observed by the naked eye.
Loss of fluid from the antral cavity causes the follicle to collapse into many folds.
As a result, some granulosal and thecal layers are pushed into the apex of the ruptured follicle.
This protrusion of tissue and ruptured blood vessels forms a structure known as the Corpus Haemorrhagicum.
Following this, the theca interna and granulosa cells differentiate into large and small luteal cells.
Luteal cells contain increased quantities of lipid droplets and the pigment 'lutein'.
As the blood is resorbed, a solid Corpus Luteum is formed by proliferation of granulosa and theca intera cells as well as blood vessels. This remains on the surface of the ovary.
In the non-pregnant animal, corpora lutea are transient structures.
Cyclic corpora lutea undergo proliferation and vascularisation directly after ovulation.
The corpora lutea then regress and degenerate into a connective tissue scar, the Corpus Albicans.
If the ovum is fertilised, the corpus luteum remains fully developed and active throughout at least part of the pregnancy.
Corpora lutea produce progesterone.
Progesterone prepares and maintains the uterus for implantation of the fertilised ovum.
The number of corpora lutea formed are directly related to the number of oocytes released.
Control of Progesterone Biosynthesis in the Corpus Luteum
Progesterone Biosynthesis- Copyright L.Wilkie 2008
In most species, luteinization and progesterone synthesis is regulated principally by luteinising hormone (LH) in the non-fertile cycle.
Further conversion to oestradiol is prevented.
Corpus Luteum Formation
Corpus Luteum Regression
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CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – We'd just picked up our 2017 Ford Mustang in Auckland, NZ, about to embark on an epic 5,000-kilometre road trip – and already we were turning heads. The first couple of honks and cheers we accepted with delighted grins; after all it was a sunny day and we were highly conspicuous in a bright red sports coupe. But the amusement soon turned to puzzlement; sure, the Mustang is one of the world's favourite sports cars but it's not exactly exotic, is it?
As it turns out, yes it is. At least here in the Southern Hemisphere, on the other side of the earth from where the Mustang originated, it is a very rare car indeed. Although its been an integral part of the North American cultural fabric since 1964, the Mustang has never been sold here in New Zealand.
That is, until now. Ford's iconic pony car finally made its debut here last year, more than 50 years after the first Mustang rolled off the production line in Detroit.
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Gorgeous 68 Fastback, in for some "freshening" at the Mustang Centre.
Rob Donaldson, owner of The Mustang Centre is very well connected to the "Mustang fraternity" across NZ.
Milford Sound in New Zealand, a haunting landscape of rainforest and fjords.
The sixth generation model marks the very first time the car has ever been produced for the right-hand-drive market. For now, that represents only 5 per cent of the cars built at Ford's Flat Top Michigan plant, and prospective buyers in New Zealand, Australia, Britain and Japan face up to a year's wait.
Yet New Zealand ranks second only to the United States as having more Mustang owners per capita than anywhere else in the world.
New Zealanders, a.k.a. "Kiwis" have been enthralled with the Mustang since the first one was imported for racing in 1965. A Shelby Trans Am Mustang brought over the following year competed across the country, eventually winning the NZ championship. Thus began the Kiwi love affair with the pony car.
The first imports were heavily restricted and had to be granted special permits, available only to motorsport competitors, returning servicemen and wealthy collectors who could afford the prohibitive sales taxes. American military stationed in Christchurch for the U.S. Antarctic program also brought a few cars with them. These early cars were highly prized for their scarcity, and although restrictions gradually eased, the demand far exceeded the supply of available cars.
But new regulations for private motor vehicle imports introduced in the mid-2000s required most left-hand-drive (LHD) vehicles to be converted to right-hand drive (RHD) before they could be driven on New Zealand roads. This was an enormously expensive prospect – costing upwards of US$40,000 for a single vehicle. Fortunately, there are a number of exemptions to the rules; including specialist vehicles, motorsports vehicles, and "special interest light vehicles" that are at least 20 years old, or manufactured as two-door coupe or convertible in annual volumes of less than 20,000 units. Only 500 permits are issued per year for vehicles meeting those requirements. Needless to say, the NZ$175 permits are in great demand, and many new owners find themselves storing their collectibles until the following year when they can apply again.
Miles of uninterrupted coastline on South Island's Route 6 in New Zealand.
Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 privately imported LHD Mustangs are currently in New Zealand, ranging from 1964 upward, and many of those brought here in the early 1960s and '70s are still around, and regularly seen at club shows and Mustang conventions. Parts and service support is surprisingly good; aside from all the specialist suppliers internationally, there are several New Zealand-based Mustang shops offering both original and reproduction parts. And model years 1964 to '73 share parts with the Australian Falcons.
Over the course of two weeks we gradually worked our way down the North Island's coastline, ferrying our Mustang across the Cook Strait to Picton, South Island. Thus far, we've spotted only a couple of vintage Mustangs, but thanks to N.Z.'s lack of tariff on Japanese imports, we've seen some truly odd and well-preserved JDM vehicles. Nissan Skylines and Toyota Supras, so prized in North America, are common here.
New Zealand has some of the world's most spectacular driving roads. The Southern Alps and Kaikoura mountain ranges form a 500-kilometre spine through the South Island with breathtaking snow-capped peaks, plunging fjords and enormous glaciers. Our route took us over the famed Targa New Zealand Rally's Crown Range, through the infamous Devil's Staircase and over the Crown Range Pass. It's a driver's paradise of never-ending switchbacks, glorious vistas, spectacular coastlines and almost non-existent traffic.
At nearly $2.00 per litre here, fuel cost was the deciding factor in choosing the four-cylinder Ecoboost Mustang over the hairy-chested V8 GT. But the entry-level Mustang was far from disappointing; the lighter nose proved a distinct handling advantage over the narrow roads and hairpin turns. And it's important to note that the 310-horsepower, 2.3L turbocharged four has 38 more horsepower than the original '64 Mustang's most powerful V8. The twin-scroll turbo-charged mill has a broad, flat torque curve so there's a ready supply of power.
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Arriving in Christchurch, South Island's largest city with a population of 360,000, we met up with Garry Jackson of the Canterbury Mustang Club. There are seven such clubs in N.Z. – some dating back to 1975 – with a total membership of approximately 1,200 people. With 300 members, Canterbury Mustangs is one of the largest, and to our surprise at least 30 of them turned out to greet us.
The parking lot was full of Mustangs, with at least one of nearly every model year and body style. Garry's own 1964 260c cubic-inch V8 – the oldest Mustang in New Zealand – is also one of the oldest examples in the world. Built on April 6th, 1964, just eleven days before the Mustang's initial launch, the white notchback was car number 8,425 of 400,000 built that year. Owned for 40 years by Denise Monti, a famous Las Vegas acrobat, the car was finally imported to New Zealand where Garry purchased it in 2004. Fifty years after rolling off the assembly line, the car has only 51,000 miles and rides on the same whitewall tires it wore in the showroom.
Forbes Gourley's green 1967 Fastback is a dead ringer for the car that Steve McQueen thrashed on the hills of San Francisco in 1968's Bullitt. Brought into the country by a serviceman stationed here in 1968, the moss green Mustang boasts a 289 V8 and C4 automatic transmission, an ivory gold interior and has 98,000 original miles. It's flanked on one side by Sharyn Busch's special edition '68 convertible in Playboy Pink with white interior, and on the other by Barry Fairbrass's Grabber Orange '70 Mach 1.
While our 2017 Mustang Coupe was the only one of its kind in attendance and therefore attracted considerable attention, most of the members admitted they weren't interested in buying one. It seems the cachet of owning a LHD vehicle far outweighs being one of the first to own the new Mustang – at least among this crowd.
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Discovering Mind & Life
Mind & Life emerged in 1987 from a meeting between Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama; Adam Engle, a lawyer and entrepreneur; and Francisco Varela, a neuroscientist. While the trio understood that science had become the dominant framework for investigating the nature of reality—and the modern source for knowledge that could help improve the lives of humans and the planet—the three regarded this approach as incomplete. Whereas science relies on empiricism, technology, "objective" observation, and analysis, the Dalai Lama, Engle, and Varela were convinced that well-refined contemplative practices and introspective methods could, and should, be used as equal instruments of investigation—instruments that would give science a subtler and broader dimension, more connected with actual human experience.
Year after year scientists from different fields have engaged with the Dalai Lama in a dialogue between the third-person 'objective' methods of modern science, pioneered in the West over the last few centuries and the meticulous exploration of first-person 'subjective' experience developed for many hundreds of years in the contemplative traditions of the East.
In March this year Matthieu Ricard joined the Dalai Lama and 16 scholars and scientists for the 33rd Mind & Life Dialogue "Re-imagining Human Flourishing," which focused on how to best prepare young people for their roles in a rapidly-changing world. Topics included social emotional learning in early childhood and in the classroom, innovative approaches for teaching compassion and ethics in schools, and methods for developing students' social and emotional skills through focused attention and mindfulness training.
Matthieu Ricard discussing the role of compassion in secular ethics on March 15, 2018 at the Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala. Photo by Tenzin Choejor.
Their discussions can be found in video here and details of past dialogues can be found here.
Matthieu says of Mind & Life:
I was fortunate to be involved in Mind & Life since 2000, when the groundbreaking meeting on "Dealing with Destructive Emotions" was held at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India. Since then, as a meditative subject, I spent dozen of hours in MRI scanners, at the labs of Richie Davidson, Antoine Lutz, Brent Field, and Tania Singer, and became a close friend and humble collaborator with many of the eminent scientists who participated in Mind & Life events, such as Paul Ekman, Wolf Singer, and Daniel Batson.
One of the greatest achievements of Mind & Life has been its yearly Summer Institute. For the last seven years it has attracted over a hundred young scientists from all over the world, senior researchers and Buddhist philosophers and practitioners who, over a week, explore a specific topic, in a format that combines scientific presentations, informal discussions, and periods of meditation practice culminating in a day of silence.
The Mind & Life Europe Summer Retreat
In August this year, at Matthieu's suggestion, I had the privilege of participating in the Mind & Life Europe Summer Retreat Institute (ESRI) as a 'contemplative fellow' with American meditation instructor and author Elizabeth Mattis Namgyal. Elizabeth had just taken part in the US version of the Summer Retreat.
The venue was the Fraueninsel, on the Chiemsee, a beautiful lake in southern Germany. This is the 'women's island', where a community of nuns has been praying daily in the same place for 900 years. Our host was Sister Scholastica, a Scottish nun of strong character who is familiar with meditation and encourages today's busy people to give space for mindfulness in all situations: "I tell them, when you're in traffic and you have to stop for a moment at a red light, use the opportunity!"
This year's subject was "Kinship, Conflict and Compassion". The capacity for complex high-level cooperation, which has been so essential to the evolutionary success of humans, requires the ability to connect and bond with others. That ability to connect, however, also comes with a tendency to create in-group/out-group distinctions that can be a source of conflict. At a juncture where the politico-social climate seems increasingly favourable to fanning conflict, rather than fostering cooperation, openness and compassion, this subject has particular relevance.
There was of course a strong dose of neuroscience, examining how these phenomena occur, individually, or across cultures, and also 'messages from the front-line' with speakers involved in the situation in Bosnia, the experience of immigrant families in Ireland, and the threat to freedom and democracy in an age of populism and social media.
There was an unexpected moment of light relief when Amy Cohen Varela, the late Francisco Varela's spouse and a founder member of Mind & Life, and Michel Bitbol, a philosopher of science, and specialist of Schrödinger, performed a little play! Amy, wearing a white coat, played the scientist, insisting on the valid evidence of objective experimentation, and Michel, with a symbolic maroon cloth over his knees, played the learned Tibetan lama, pointing out that all experience is first person experience and generally nuancing the notion of objectivity. From time to time he got up and put on a hat to deliver intriguing asides from (mainly Western) philosophers. This light-hearted discussion was in fact a reminder of the essential dialogue of Mind & Life.
Michel has created an Initiative for Contemplative Phenomenology, using philosophy to enrich the debate between these apparently opposing but potentially complementary approaches. Already the old certainties are shaken in quantum physics and in contemplative neuroscience, in spite of ever-advancing discoveries, the limits of what can be measured from the outside are obvious.
It was wonderful to see young researchers in different fields come together to listen and exchange in a very interactive climate, mixing neuroscientists, sociologists, philosophers, and contemplatives... with yoga and meditation every day! In particular it was heartening to see everyone's commitment to working for a better world, each in his or her own way, in spite of the headwinds. At one point everyone was asked to position themselves as optimistic or pessimistic about the future. The responses covered the entire spectrum.
Approaching the Fraueninsel. The island can only be reached by boat.
Each talk was followed by discussion in groups followed by interaction with the speaker.
Morning meditation.
Evening meditation.
West meets East in an amusing conversation between Amy Cohen Varela and Michel Bitbol.
Michel puts his philosopher's hat on.
The calm presence of the lake…
With its constant transformations.
Arles: photos, meditation and music


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Forge's Borges lock for CPL's best player honour?
Oct 26, 2019; Hamilton, Ontario, CAN; Forge FC midfielder Tristan Borges (19) and Cavalry FC midfielder Jose Escalante (11) battle for the ball in the first half of a Canadian Premier League soccer final match at Tim Hortons Field. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports for CPL ORG XMIT: USATSI-415705	Dan Hamilton / USA TODAY Sports
Tristan Borges knows how to score goals.
Fourteen, so far this season, to lead the Canadian Premier League.
It's why the young striker has become the odds-on favourite to win the first-year loop's best player award.
Never mind that red-card thing that's hanging over his head in these CPL finals.
"He's got my vote," said Forge captain Kyle Bekker, who could make a case for himself to be the guy collecting the individual honour given his own star-studded campaign.
"Tristan's been nothing short of fantastic since I've been here," agreed Forge teammate David Edgar. "With the way he's gone about his business day-in and day-out, I'll say he's got my vote, too."
Added Forge goalkeeper Triston Henry, "He's definitely has my vote. He's been amazing all throughout the year not only providing goals but being a leader in the locker room. He's one of the youngest guys, but he's always there for us. He does so much for us on the field, and I feel like he's the MVP, for sure."
There are plenty of players — Forge and non-Forge — who agree.
Media members, too.
And same with coaches, including both Forge head man Bobby Smyrniotis and Cavs GM/head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
"I think Tristan Borges is a helluva player," said Wheeldon Jr. "I was fortunate that we worked together when he was in the U17 national group when Sean Fleming was the head coach and I was the assistant. But he's exciting. He's the future of Canadian football. He plays with that edge, and I think that gets lost. I think he's got that edge to be a good player."
But that edge led to last Saturday's red card and automatic suspension — which is being appealed by Forge — for the second leg of the CPL championship round Saturday (2 p.m., OneSoccer.ca) — which could ultimately affect Borges' chances of capturing the league's best player honour.
If he wasn't already, the 21-year-old Torontonian has become a polarizing player in this championship round.
He did have to be restrained when being escorted to the clubhouse after his ejection in the first leg, which makes for a lot of eye-rolling among voters.
But he does have the only goal of these finals on a perfectly struck ball from well out.
"He plays on the ball, he gets up forward, he likes to attack …" Smyrniotis said. "Maradona played with an edge. Messi plays with an edge. Ronaldo plays with an edge. So Tristan Borges just needs to keep on playing like that and his future is bright.
"You have guys in this league who I think are gonna be fantastic going forward like Tristan Borges, who last year was out of his youth deal in Heerenveen (in the Netherlands), back playing at Sigma in League1 for half a season and here he is, for me, the MVP of the league this year."
The question in Calgary is whether there's a Cavalry star to put up against the likes of Borges for the most outstanding award.
"Where do I begin?" said Wheeldon Jr. "Marco Carducci, Dominick Zator, Julian Buscher, Nico Pasquotti, Dom Malonga … For us, we're a team in the essence that you say, 'OK, this guy dominated that game.' It's usually the work that they've all done together."
That's the problem.
There's not really one guy who's stepped up heads and tails above the rest of his Cavalry teammates.
Too bad, it's not a team award.
"Yeah … I think you could go through our team and pick out four or five players from our club that could be MVP of our league," said Cavs captain Nik Ledgerwood. "Starting from the back with 'Ducci, Zats, Mason Trafford, Julian Buscher in the midfield, Nico Pasquoitti on the right wing and Dominique Malonga up front. You can pick any one of them."
If we're picking, goalkeeper Carducci would be that most outstanding star for the Cavs.
The Calgary native's nine clean-sheets are a league best, and he became the first CPL player to get a call up to the national men's team earlier this season.
Carducci got the nod last month from Canada's head soccer coach, John Herdman, for training camp ahead of and between Canada's two games against Cuba in CONCACAF Nations League action.
And he was big for the Cavs in that first leg, stopping 17 shots and getting help from his crossbar three times.
"He was huge," Wheeldon Jr. said. "But that's what good goalkeepers do."
A best player, to be sure.
PEPPLE BACK
Cavalry attacker Aribim Pepple returned to training with the CPL team Tuesday after trying to crack Canada's roster for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
The 16-year-old who moved to Calgary when he was 5 from his birthplace of Kettering, England, was left off the nation's 21-man roster for the World Cup.
Canada is 0-2 at the tournament after losing 2-1 to Angola on an extra-time goal Tuesday. The Canadians lost to host Brazil 4-1 last Saturday and play Friday against New Zealand.
Pepple has made seven appearances for the Cavs.
Any best player votes for Pacific FC's Terran Campbell, whose tied with Malonga for the second-most goals on the year? For that matter, Malonga? Or Forge's Bekker? Or FC Edmonton's Easton Ongaro? … Cavalry will wear its familiar red kit for the second leg on home turf … Cavalry midfielder Julian Buscher (lower body) was back training Wednesday and is likely to be ready for Saturday's match … CBC doesn't have the second leg on its schedule for Saturday from 2-4 p.m. Instead the FIH Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier between Ireland and Canada is slated for that time-slot. Go figure.
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Mitch's desire is to lead, motivate, and equip people toward freedom in Christ. He has a desire to see the body of Christ in Kearney functioning with unity and power.
Kris currently serves as our youth pastor and also works with the worship team. Kris is a great teacher of the Word of God and has a desire for every person to live a life honoring God and His Word.
Drew serves as our Worship Pastor and has a desire to raise up an army of skilled worshippers who are in tune with the sounds of heaven.
Ron and his family served for many years as a missionary and then many more as a lead pastor in western Nebraska. Ron currently serves as a teaching pastor here at Grace.
Katie serves as our office administrator. She loves to do things well and adds a modern touch to all that we do. She has a great ability to see things from a unique perspective which brings a touch of life to what we do.
Nicki is an amazing young lady that will jump in and do anything asked of her. She currently is helping with the children's ministry and office work.
Andy currently leads teaching for our middle school students on Wednesday nights. He also facilitates missions trips and team building. Wherever Andy is, he is sure to bring the fun!
Mitch is the founder of Revival Revolution ministries traveling globally and calls Grace his home church. He also serves as one of our teaching pastors.


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Trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, provision, receipt, transportation and/or obtaining of individuals by using force or threats, coercion, fraud and/or using systems of indebtedness or debt bondage for purposes of economic exploitation that can include forced labor for domestic, industrial, agricultural or sex work; prostitution, pornography and sex tourism; removal and sale of organs; fraudulent adoptions; servitude, including servile marriages; and slavery.
Trafficking is fueled by demands for cheap, exploitable labor which have increased with globalization – which permits the free flow of capital but not labor. Some countries view trafficking as the only form of migration available to labor because all other sources are restricted or closed. They advocate safe migration as the way to halt trafficking. Complex 'push-pull' factors influence those who are trafficked, including economic factors such as paying off family debts, escaping poverty, remitting earnings, or escaping gender violence in the hopes of greater safety.
Statistics on Trafficking
8,759 human trafficking cases affecting 10,615 individual victims were reported to hotlines operated by the Polaris Project in 2017.
Of these, 71% were sex trafficking cases, 15% were labor trafficking cases, 4% were sex & labor trafficking cases, and 10% were unspecified.
Of the 8,966 survivors of known age, 69% were adults and 31% were minors.
Of the 10,074 survivors of known gender, 85% were female, 14% were male, and 0.6% were gender minorities.
Of the 3,636 survivors whose race/ethnicity was known the second largest group was Asian, at 27% (after Latino, at 34%).
Polaris Project: 2017 Hotline Statistics
One in six of 18,500 runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2016 were likely victims of minor sex trafficking.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Child Sex Trafficking
Data and graphics from Polaris Project 2017 Hotline Statistics.
"Survivors play a key role in elevating understanding and awareness of human trafficking, improving service delivery, and informing policy."
Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the U.S. 2013-2017 (2014)
Sex trafficking predominantly victimizes women and significant numbers of male and female children. It relies on the exploitation of female poverty and the impunity of male demands for commodified sex. Political positions about sex trafficking are cause for heated controversy because they are connected to positions that argue for abolishing, decriminalizing or legalizing prostitution. We recommend that advocates become informed about these positions when working with anti-trafficking programs.
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST)
DMST is defined as the commercial sexual abuse and exploitation of minors through buying, trading or selling their sexual services. A commercial sex act refers to anything of value – money, drugs, food, shelter, rent, higher status in a gang – exchanged for sex. Purposes include: street prostitution; escort services; internet-aided prostitution; performing in strip clubs, massage parlors, peep shows; and/or pornography where a minor is sold, rented, or provided something of value to perform sex acts on camera.
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
CSEC refers to a range of crimes including:
Recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, and/or maintaining a minor for the purpose of sexual exploitation,
Exploiting a minor through prostitution,
Exploiting a minor through survival sex,
Using a minor in pornography,
Exploiting a minor through sex tourism, mail order bride trade, early marriage, and
Exploiting a minor by having her/him perform in sexual venues.
Resources on Trafficking
Infographics: Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Survivors of Human Trafficking at Points of Contact, 2020
What survivors of human trafficking and the advocates who work with them have taught us about practicing trauma-informed advocacy at various points of contact. A set of shareable infographics
Trafficking: Trauma & Trauma-Informed Collaboration & Advocacy, 2018
Building from what trafficking survivors have taught us, this webinar discusses how to identify survivors, how past experience of help-seeking can influence current attempts, and the importance of trauma-informed care at different points of contact with survivors such as raids, arrest, and at shelters.
Considerations and Recommendations on Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Trafficking Survivors, 2017
Technical Assistance Brief / Tipsheet
This TA Brief addresses the complexity of advocacy for adult and minor survivors of trafficking. Topics include: Definitions, Analysis/Root Causes, Trauma-Informed Advocacy, Endangerment & Confidentiality, and Considerations & Recommendations at Points of Contact — raids, arrest, custody and release, legal processes, shelters, and health and mental health systems.
Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault: National Organizational Advocacy Roundtable, 2016
Advocates representing Native programs, domestic and sexual assault state coalitions, and direct service agencies examine the scope of the problem, resources, needs, challenges, strategies, and principles to build and sustain coordinated systems of service provision and survivor-centered advocacy.
Trafficking Resources List, 2017
A brief compilation of governmental agencies, NGOs, and resources about DMST/CSEC, healthcare, interpretation, legal services, and research.
Webinars on Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Trafficking Survivors
a. Advocacy & Services for Trafficking Survivors, 2014: A comprehensive overview of sex and labor trafficking – actions/means/purposes, data, root causes, traumas and oppressions, help-seeking, legal remedies, cross-systems trauma-informed collaboration.
b. Supporting Domestic Trafficking Survivors, 2015: Two national experts, Tina Frundt and Elisabeth Corey, lay the foundations for understanding domestic minor sex trafficking, followed by the traumatic impacts of victimization and operationalizing trauma-informed responses within new and existing advocacy structures and partnerships.
c. The Culture of Family-Controlled Trafficking, 2016: Elisabeth Corey reaches into her story to teach us about the traffickers, the enablers, and the family on the outside and inside that operate family-controlled trafficking; and how survivors can be helped.
For Help, Contact
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call 1-888-373-7888 or text "BeFree" (233733)
Help is available 24/7 in English and Spanish
Shared Hope International: works to prevent sex trafficking and restore and bring justice to women and children who have been victimized through sex trafficking
Courtney's House: brings minor survivors into a safe environment to recover and heal, and offers training and consultation.
1-202-423-0480 (Hotline/Referrals)
Trafficking Resources for Advocates (2017) offers 60+ listings on governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations and coalitions, DMST/CSEC resources, health care response, interpretation for victims, legal resources, and research.
Beating Trauma: Elisabeth Corey, a survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking, shares her experiences and path to recovery as part of her mission to empower survivors and build awareness.
Freedom Network USA: a coalition of experts and advocates who provide training to social services, law enforcement and attorneys; and advocate for comprehensive services and effective prevention efforts in legislation and federal governmental policies. Find a network organization by state.
Freedom Network's Resource Library includes factsheets, promising practices, practical tools, and training materials developed by subject matter experts
The Human Trafficking Legal Center: Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Fact Sheet (2018)
The Life Story: Moments of Change: a multimedia project elevating the voices and experiences of sex trafficking survivors and meant to inform the work of those who work at the intersections of education, housing, public health, mental health and addiction services, economic and racial justice, and other areas.
Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP): National Human Trafficking and Technical Assistance Center: delivers training and technical assistance to inform and enhance the public health response to human trafficking.
Polaris Project: combats trafficking by disrupting networks.
Typology of Modern Slavery (2017) catalogs 25 types of trafficking
2017 Statistics from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and BeFree Textline
U.S. Department of State: Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
VAWnet: Special Collection on Human Trafficking (2014)
Walking Prey: How America's Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery (2014) Holly Austin Smith's book describes risk factor and predation; how traffickers and buyers operate; aftercare for CSEC survivors; tips for teens, parents, counselors, teachers; and resources for mental health professionals, law enforcement and other first responders.


Here is GNMP Ranger Bill Hewitt discussing the 26th North Carolina Infantry on the third day at Gettysburg. A Confederate Battle Flag believed to be that of the 26th North Carolina, designated "No. 62" by the U.S. War Department, will be the first original flag exhibited at the Lee Chapel Museum at Washington and Lee University under the plan announced earlier this week.


My other half really enjoyed Professor Layton and the Curious Village. When Games Basement sent us Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, she was more than excited to play some more of Layton's particular brand of puzzles again and share her family gaming thoughts.
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box keeps the format the same and quality high. I enjoyed the feel and fun of the first game and was pleasantly surprised to find a more streamlined experience. A coffee a flapjack and the Professor make an excellent combination.
Having the new Professor Layton game to review feels like quite a coup as I'm aware that the last one was really popular and sold out. Being a bit behind the times I only discovered the previous game, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, a few months ago, so with that fresh in my mind I was excited to see what the new game would be like. All in all it looks like they have improved the game by giving it a more integrated feel and building on what everyone enjoyed about it, the great animation and story line.
It continues in the same vein with a really high quality animated background story staring Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke. This time the story is set in London around the mysterious death of Professor Layton's mentor.
This game differs in that there isn't a map to explore like before but you get a list of different mysteries to solve as you go along, and you can pick and chose which one to do next. This is nice as there isn't so much laborious navigating around. You still have to tap on objects and people to find out information, find hint coins and of course to do the all important puzzles.
There is still an element of this in the new game, but on the whole the puzzles are much better integrated into the story theme and even look more in keeping as well. One thing I particularly liked was packing Luke's suitcase for him and trying to get all the objects to fit without overlapping.
Sometimes the link with the game is rather tenuous - like Luke and the professor looking at tress from the train and lo and behold, a tree puzzle to do! I'm not sure if it's just me but the puzzles seem a little easier than last time, but that's probably because I am back at the beginning of the game again and I've forgotten how hard they get towards the end. They have kept the puzzle instructions to the top DS screen this time, which is good as you can refer back to them easily when you want to check what you are doing, but I found the type very small and hard to read, would have been better flashed up in smaller sections one at a time to introduce you to the puzzle more gradually.
At times, it does feel like an awful lot of dialogue to get through in this game. I'm not sure if there is more this time, but I feel as though I am forever tapping through long winded dialogue boxes. Trouble is if you do that too much or too quickly and you miss what is happening and don't know what you are supposed to be doing next. This means the game does require all your attention all of the time, where as other puzzle games without the story background might be easier to play while you are watching TV - as you would if you were flicking through a magazine. Something that would be hard to do with this game.
All of these are pretty much just niggles in what is still a really good game and I'm sure that it will be a DS best seller again come Christmas.
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I was thinking how to handle forward declarations of types.
do not allocate storage, and refer to a definition elsewhere.
Here is an example of the creation of a forward, it has to be looked into.
I think that a forward is just a declaration, but without too much information.


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Kit number 40k incorporated a hard drive, circuit boards, custom cable and miscellaneous hardware. Pakkett shipped the kit directly to the customer's technician, in compact protective packaging. Printed installation instructions were included.
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Q: Can't scroll VBox full of labels using ScrollPane Basically making a list of labels that add up. As they reach the bottom, they go out of their bounds (Also must be behind the TextField) and is impossible to scroll it.
How to make them behave normally?
Labels are added into VBox that is inside ScrollPane
Picture with problem:
Here
SceneBuilder screenshot:
Here
FXML file:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.canvas.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>

<AnchorPane fx:id="root" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="application.view.GameUIController">
   <children>
      <SplitPane dividerPositions="0.6889632107023411" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
        <items>
          <AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0">
               <children>
                  <SplitPane dividerPositions="0.8737373737373737" orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="398.0" prefWidth="407.0">
                    <items>
                      <AnchorPane minWidth="0.0" prefWidth="160.0">
                           <children>
                              <ScrollPane fx:id="scrollPane" fitToHeight="true" fitToWidth="true" pannable="true" prefWidth="407.0" vvalue="1.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
                                 <content>
                                    <VBox fx:id="box" minWidth="0.0" />
                                 </content>
                              </ScrollPane>
                           </children>
                        </AnchorPane>
                      <AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="160.0">
                           <children>
                              <TextField fx:id="textField" onAction="#enterPressed" prefHeight="20.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="5.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="-5.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="5.0" />
                           </children>
                        </AnchorPane>
                    </items>
                  </SplitPane>
               </children>
            </AnchorPane>
          <AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0">
               <children>
                  <SplitPane dividerPositions="0.5" layoutY="44.0" orientation="VERTICAL" prefHeight="398.0" prefWidth="181.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
                    <items>
                      <AnchorPane fx:id="inventoryPane" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="160.0">
                           <children>

                           </children>
                        </AnchorPane>
                      <AnchorPane fx:id="playerPane" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="160.0">
                           <children>

                           </children>
                        </AnchorPane>
                    </items>
                  </SplitPane>
               </children>
            </AnchorPane>
        </items>
      </SplitPane>
   </children>
</AnchorPane>

Label adding method is in another thread (Because of game mechanics reasons)
@FXML
    public void text(String text1) {
        Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Label label = new Label(text1);
                box.getChildren().add(label);

            }
        });
        listener = false;
        // scroll to bottom

    }

A: Remove this from the fxml fitToHeight="true" and it works good luck man.

A: Apparently my GameEngine class couldn't see the correct nodes, so I passed them from the controller into the engine methods. Works like a charm now